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| Thread ID: 40584 | 2003-12-11 23:01:00 | WinXP Pro Quick Folder/File Create List | Cavity Overdrive (4981) | Press F1 |
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| 199623 | 2003-12-11 23:01:00 | When Right Click on desktop, there is selection window > "New" which gives New/Shortcut and below a line - 15 common application file types. Can the number of file/folder types be increased - somewhere I've "lost" the Compressed Folder (it's been overtaken by later installed application shortcuts). I would really like the "Compressed Folder" Option and others as well here, and delete some of the self-installed shortcuts here. |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) | ||
| 199624 | 2003-12-11 23:22:00 | Installing Win XP's TweakUI utility will allow you to customise the "New" menu options. You can obtain TweakUI from a PC World cover disc or from Microsoft's website. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 199625 | 2003-12-11 23:42:00 | Thanks Susan, I got Powertoys for XP which includes TweakUI, but cannot locate where the "New Menu" list can be actually customised. (Perhaps I'm a bit dense, but I did open all the "tree" in TweakUI, without actually finmding any setting for the "New Menu" list. |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) | ||
| 199626 | 2003-12-12 00:52:00 | You can find it under Templates > Document Templates. You can tick and untick which ones you want to have and add and delete others as well. :-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 199627 | 2003-12-12 01:05:00 | Thanks, Susan, I'd actually got that far, and eliminated the ones I didn't want, but where is the "Compressed Folder" option so as can re-instal it there ? Thanks once again |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) | ||
| 199628 | 2003-12-12 01:49:00 | I am not sure why you do not have Compressed (zipped) folder listed in there . Maybe you are limited to a certain number? I have 13 in mine though I have allowed only half to be used . What happens when you delete some of the ones you don't want? If your Zip association has gone wonky there are two sites that can help with that: A simple one ( . iopus . com/guides/windowszip . htm" target="_blank">www . iopus . com) and a registry fix ( . dougknox . com/xp/file_assoc . htm" target="_blank">www . dougknox . com) (zip folder association fix) . Use the latter at your own risk . Keep us informed as others may have more suggestions if none of these work . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 199629 | 2003-12-12 02:33:00 | Thank you Susan, I've deleted 4 "templates" in the "New" menu, so have spare room to insert others. The PC has a 120GB HDD = Drive C and secondary 80 GB HDD = Drive F It's very complex software setup, with some 40GB of applications, and don't want to crash the system, either. I've looked thru the whole PC, and there are only 3 zipped type folders - they are "hidden folders" These are 3 Compressed (zipped) Folders as follows: C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo - Size 0 KB C:\Documents and Settings\<actual user name here>\SendTo - Size 0 KB C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\SendTo - Size 0 KB But when I try to create in TweakUI as a template the cryptic message comes up: "The document cannot be used as a document template". I've looked on your suggested sites, too. So......there must be another way to do it. |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) | ||
| 199630 | 2003-12-12 06:39:00 | Cavity Overdrive, SusanB emailed to have a quick look at your issue . . . . I guess the question I have for you is:> "If you have installed a different compression program e . g . WINZIP then Windows will remove the Compressed (zipped) Folders option from the right-click menu choices and replace it with the newly installed compression program's icon . . . in this case WINZIP" So you can either use WinXP's built-in compression option OR a 3rd party solution such as Winzip or WinRAR etc . You can't have both . In any case 3rd-party options are more preferable . Please post back . . . Cheers, Babe . |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 199631 | 2003-12-12 07:32:00 | AAAAAAA................H had a reply, but lost it at preview time. So here it is again. I have WinAce installed, which, probably kicked out the default XP compressed folder option. I've tried to get a "template" from TweakUI by going to WinAce.exe....no good, however as am told it is not suitable. So.............where do I go from here ??? Appreciate your time and help. |
Cavity Overdrive (4981) | ||
| 199632 | 2003-12-12 22:38:00 | Cavity Overdrive, OK I have tested the following process under Windows XP PRO First unregister the compression dll: Click Start Menu | Run and type CMD and click OK. In the command prompt window type the following and press enter: regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll You should receive a successful confirmation. You now wont have the compressed (zipped) folder option available... (Click on a blank part of your desktop and press the F5 key (refresh), now check the right-click menu from that desktop) Next to reenable Compressed (zipped) Folder support Click Start Menu | Run and type CMD and click OK. In the command prompt window type the following and press enter: regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll You should receive a successful confirmation. You now WILL have the compressed (zipped) folder option available... (Again click on a blank part of your desktop and press the F5 key (refresh), now check the right-click menu from that desktop) May need to F5 a couple of times... but it will work. When you run your 3rd-party compression program e.g. WinZip, WinRAR, WinACE etc ... do NOT let it associate the compressed files with that program. Personally I prefer to use my 3rd-party compression tool (in my case WinZip) which has much more flexibility but the above instructions will give you back the right-click (New) option. Cheers, Babe. btw you can use "regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\cabview.dll" to disable XP's builtin cab file viewer (just for interest sake) |
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